May 9th, 1923

Born on May 9th, 1923

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 36,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 129 days, exactly on August 26th, 2024, people who were born on May 9th, 1923 will be 37,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 9th?

May 9th, 2012

The pilots of a Sukhoi Superjet, ignoring alerts from the terrain warning system, crashed the aircraft into Mount Salak in Indonesia, resulting in the deaths of all 45 people on board.

May 9th, 2005

Pope Benedict XVI began the beatification process for his predecessor Pope John Paul II, waiving the standard five years required after the nominee's death.

May 9th, 2001

Police at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, fired tear gas to quell unrest at a football match, leading to a stampede that killed 126 people.

May 9th, 1992

An underground methane explosion occurred at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, killing all 26 Canadian coal miners who were working at the time.

May 9th, 1980

Part of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed after a pier was struck by the MV Summit Venture, killing 35 people.

May 9th, 1979

Prominent Iranian Jew Habib Elghanian was executed after having been convicted by a revolutionary tribunal of various charges, triggering a mass exodus of Jews from Iran.

May 9th, 1977

The Hotel Polen in Amsterdam was destroyed by fire (pictured), leaving 33 people dead.

May 9th, 1964

Ngô Đình Cẩn, a younger brother and the confidant of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, was executed by Nguyễn Khánh's military junta.

May 9th, 1961

In a speech to U.S. broadcasters, FCC chairman Newton Minow described commercial television programming as "a vast wasteland".

May 9th, 1960

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it would approve the use of Searle's Enovid, the first combined oral contraceptive pill.

May 9th, 1944

World War II: The Japanese Take Ichi convoy arrived at Halmahera in the Dutch East Indies after losing many ships and thousands of troops to Allied attacks while attempting to carry two divisions of troops from China to New Guinea.

May 9th, 1918

First World War: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the Belgian port of Ostend.

May 9th, 1864

Second Schleswig War: The Battle of Heligoland (depicted), the last naval engagement fought by squadrons of wooden ships, took place between the Danish and Austro-Prussian fleets.

May 9th, 2022

Russo-Ukrainian War: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-era policy expediting American equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.

May 9th, 2020

The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 9th

Born on May 9th, 1923

84

Johnny Grant

American television producer (1923-2008)

*May 9th, 1923, Goldsboro †January 9th, 2008, Hollywood

83

Claude Piéplu

French actor (1923-2006)

*May 9th, 1923, 14th arrondissement of Paris †May 24th, 2006, 16th arrondissement of Paris

87

Francisco Olaya Morales

Spanish politician and trade unionist (1923-2011)

*May 9th, 1923, Linares †March 16th, 2011, Paris

92

Carlos Bousoño

Spanish poet and writer (1923-2015)

*May 9th, 1923, Bual †October 24th, 2015, Madrid

96

Merv Johnson

Canadian politician (1923-2019)

*May 9th, 1923, Kindersley †July 14th, 2019, Victoria

67

Connie Russell

American actress (1923-1990)

*May 9th, 1923, New York City †December 18th, 1990, Los Angeles

87

Barbara New

British actress (1923-2010)

*May 9th, 1923, Hammersmith †May 24th, 2010, London

100

Bea Ballintijn

Norwegian swimmer

*May 9th, 1923, Utrecht †June 29th, 2023

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92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

*May 9th, 1930, Basildon †June 27th, 2001, London

37

Johanna Goliszewski

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1986, Olsztyn

31

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

*May 9th, 1912, Christiania †December 7th, 1943, Oslo

73

Bulat Okudzhava

Soviet writer and singer (1924-1997)

*May 9th, 1924, Moscow †June 12th, 1997, Paris

82

Albert Finney

British actor

*May 9th, 1936, Salford †February 7th, 2019, Royal Marsden Hospital

68

Bendt Rothe

Actor

*May 9th, 1921, Denmark †December 31st, 1989, Denmark

101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

*May 9th, 1875, Ringsaker Municipality †August 5th, 1976, Oslo

76

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

87

Glenda Jackson

British actress and politician (1936–2023)

*May 9th, 1936, Birkenhead †June 15th, 2023, Blackheath

56

Ralph Lenkert

German politician

*May 9th, 1967, Apolda

94

Daniel Berrigan

American Catholic priest, peace activist, and poet

*May 9th, 1921, Virginia †April 30th, 2016, The Bronx

96

Richard Adams

English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down

*May 9th, 1920, Newbury †December 24th, 2016, Oxford

49

Neli Boteva

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1974, Sofia

35

Jillie Cooper

Scottish badminton player

*May 9th, 1988, Edinburgh

82

Geraldine McEwan

British actress (1932-2015)

*May 9th, 1932, Old Windsor †January 30th, 2015, Hammersmith

28

Chae Yoo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*May 9th, 1995, Busan

58

Adam Opel

Founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG

*May 9th, 1837, Rüsselsheim am Main †September 8th, 1895, Rüsselsheim am Main

70

Johannes Singhammer

German politician

*May 9th, 1953, Munich

75

Hermann Hitzig

Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918)

*May 9th, 1843, Zürich †August 27th, 1918, Zürich

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90

Hans Riegel

German businessman, badminton player

*March 10th, 1923, Bonn †October 15th, 2013, Bonn

93

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

*December 29th, 1923, New York City †May 22nd, 2017, East Hampton

93

Robert H. Michel

American politician (1923–2017)

*March 2nd, 1923, Peoria †February 17th, 2017, Arlington County

89

Bert suharga

German association football player and coach (1923-2013)

*October 22nd, 1923, Bremen †July 19th, 2013, La Llosa

84

Karl Christ

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 6th, 1923, Ulm †March 28th, 2008, Marburg

96

Rosemarie Müller-Streisand

German church historian and theologian

*August 11th, 1923, Berlin †June 26th, 2020, Berlin

89

Conrad Bain

Canadian-American actor, personality, entertainer, and activist (1923–2013)

*February 4th, 1923, Lethbridge †January 14th, 2013, Livermore

29

Hank Williams

American singer-songwriter (1923–1953)

*September 17th, 1923, Mount Olive †January 1st, 1953, Oak Hill

100

Henry Kissinger

American politician and diplomat (1923–2023)

*May 27th, 1923, Fürth †November 29th, 2023, Kent

62

Anne Baxter

American actress (1923–1985)

*May 7th, 1923, Michigan City †December 12th, 1985, New York City

93

Paul Müller

Swiss actor (1923-2016)

*March 11th, 1923, Neuchâtel †September 2nd, 2016, Tivoli

88

Cliff Robertson

American actor (1923–2011)

*September 9th, 1923, La Jolla †September 10th, 2011, Stony Brook

84

Charlton Heston

American actor and political activist (1923–2008)

*October 4th, 1923, Evanston †April 5th, 2008, Beverly Hills

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

*October 3rd, 1923, Lviv †February 21st, 2017, St. Louis Park

89

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

*February 28th, 1923, Highland Falls †December 24th, 2012, New York City

91

Lee Kuan Yew

1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1923–2015)

*September 16th, 1923, Singapore †March 23rd, 2015, Singapore General Hospital

88

Wisława Szymborska

Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner

*July 2nd, 1923, Kórnik †February 1st, 2012, Kraków

90

Nadine Gordimer

South African writer

*November 20th, 1923, Springs †July 13th, 2014, Johannesburg

100

Glynis Johns

British actress (1923–2024)

*October 5th, 1923, Pretoria †January 4th, 2024, Los Angeles

92

Harold B. Mattingly

British historian of graeco-roman history, numismatist and university teacher (1923-2015)

*August 13th, 1923, Finchley †August 23rd, 2015, Truro

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 9th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances, Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany) which are celebrated on May 9th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1923 is a normal year and no leap year.

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